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Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov |
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(Ex- Riga, Leonid Brezhnev, Tbilisi) |
Type: |
Aircraft Carrier |
Class: |
Orel (Project 1143.5) |
Builder: |
Nikolayev South Shipyard (Black Sea Shipyard) Mykolaiv, Ukraine |
Pennant Number: |
113 063 |
Ordered: |
March 3, 1981 |
Commissioned: |
January 21, 1991 |
Keel Laid: |
February 22, 1983 |
Decommissioned: |
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Launched: |
December 5, 1985 |
Stricken: |
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Fate: |
Active Northern Fleet |
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Notes |
Originally named Riga. |
Nov. 1982: |
Name changed to Leonid Brezhnev. |
Aug. 1987: |
Name changed to Tbilisi. |
Oct. 4, 1990: |
Name changed to Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov. |
Class Overview |
Builder's Data |
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Page created Apr. 1, 2008 |
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